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Although Becoming Jane is a well-crafted period piece, it lacks fresh insight into the life and works of Jane Austen. The film focuses too much on wardrobe and not enough on Austen's achievements.
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"The reality of love's disappointments enriches the film's heroine, who never married in real life, and brings a 200-year-old figure into living focus." November 3, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"The reality of love's disappointments enriches the film's heroine, who never married in real life, and brings a 200-year-old figure into living focus."
Debbie Day
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David Fear
Quote not available. November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Hank Sartin
Not only is that a huge stretch of the facts, it makes for a dull and overly familiar melodrama. August 14, 2007
Not only is that a huge stretch of the facts, it makes for a dull and overly familiar melodrama.
Richard Roeper
Hathaway never makes us think the woman could write anything more complex than a diet book. August 10, 2007 | Full Review…
Hathaway never makes us think the woman could write anything more complex than a diet book.
Richard Schickel
This never rises above a date movie, but it's functionally literate (the lovers have some pleasant banter about the realistic merits of Tom Jones) and features a fine supporting turn from Ian Richardson. August 10, 2007 | Full Review…
This never rises above a date movie, but it's functionally literate (the lovers have some pleasant banter about the realistic merits of Tom Jones) and features a fine supporting turn from Ian Richardson.
J. R. Jones
Its surface is plausible enough, and Hathaway's performance is persuasive enough, for us to indulge in the delusion that we're actually encountering the famously elusive Jane Austen. August 23, 2018 | Full Review…
Its surface is plausible enough, and Hathaway's performance is persuasive enough, for us to indulge in the delusion that we're actually encountering the famously elusive Jane Austen.
Robert Gottlieb
With a spot-on accent and altogether charming performance, Hathaway makes another convincing statement that she has grown, as a woman and as an actress. August 14, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4
With a spot-on accent and altogether charming performance, Hathaway makes another convincing statement that she has grown, as a woman and as an actress.
Mike Scott
Director Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots) struck a unique and lovely tone, managing to maintain a conventional Merchant-Ivory type look but successfully infusing it with some rather modern humor--Hathaway and McAvoy verbally sparring like an 18th century Trac August 22, 2008 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Director Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots) struck a unique and lovely tone, managing to maintain a conventional Merchant-Ivory type look but successfully infusing it with some rather modern humor--Hathaway and McAvoy verbally sparring like an 18th century Trac
Heather Huntington
without a pretext and knowledge of the classic author, much of the richness of this movie got lost August 18, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
without a pretext and knowledge of the classic author, much of the richness of this movie got lost
Kevin Carr
Even though it looked great and was moderately engaging, something was also always missing. February 19, 2008 | Full Review…
Even though it looked great and was moderately engaging, something was also always missing.
Ryan Cracknell
...there's a feeling with Becoming Jane that we have seen it all before.... Many times. February 11, 2008 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
...there's a feeling with Becoming Jane that we have seen it all before.... Many times.
John J. Puccio
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